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The Iron Clawis a family affair.
Power and control
Fritz continually plays his sons off against each other.
Why fight something you cannot change?
When we do witness his cruelty firsthand, it slips off his tongue, easy as breathing.
But Fritz’s favorite changes like the seasons, and none of these young men are safe for long.
We don’t need to see it to know that it’s there.
Best intentions aside, he can’t save them from their fate.
The young boys reassure their father that it’s okay to cry, that everybody does it.
What this scene is saying, gently, is that to love and be loved is enough.
How can he show them love when none was shown to him?
In The Iron Claw, the poison also drips through until it doesnt.
Curse or no curse, Kevin has put an end to the masculine tyranny of his father.
The Iron Claw is out now in UK cinemas.
